Banana Bread with Maple and Pecans

Cakes

12 Jun

We always seem to have the need for Banana Bread in our house. Eaten at all times of the day I love to have it for Breakfast and my son loves to have a slice after school. It’s a wonderful way to use up over ripe bananas. This recipe is Gluten Free and Dairy Free Banana Bread with Maple and Pecans.

Ingredients:

175 g gluten free self raising-flour

2 tsps. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

2 large eggs

200 g caster sugar

2 ripe bananas

2 tsp maple flavouring

125 ml vegetable oil

1 cup of pecans / nuts

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C / 160° Fan / 350°F / Gas Mark 4 and line the loaf tin.

In a mixer or bowl add all the ingredients of eggs, sugar, bananas, flavouring and oil and whisk together.

Then stir the dry ingredients in until mixed.

Transfer the cake mix into the prepared loaf tin and place in oven for 50 minutes.

Bake until golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out dry.

Let cool completely in tin before transferring to a wire rack.

Additional Notes:

Make this into a tray bake but remember to reduce the cooking time (dependent on size of tin).

Equipment Used:

Loaf tin (approximately 21 cm by 11 cm)

KitchenAid Stand Mixer

Spatula.

Gluten FreeDairy Free

Emma Alexander-Cook

My name's Emma. I've been living gluten-free for over 25 years, and I've been dairy-free for over five years.

Health and Auto-immune Diseases

I have auto-immune diseases and expected to be on medicine for the rest of my life, but I didn't want to live like that. My rheumatology Doctor was so supportive of the change I wanted to make, and with their help, I now manage my auto-immune diseases by being strict with my diet.

It can be quite frightening when you first find out you have to change the way you eat but for some of us' Food is our medicine.'

I have several websites, write blogs, and I'm currently in the process of writing a book.

I trained to be Holistic Health Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Gluten Free Practitioner in order to heal myself, my family and others who find themselves on the same journey as myself.

Websites include:

www.emmaalexandercook.com

www.savemoneyfreezefood.com

www.livefreelovelife.com

www.cooksprojects.com

Photography

Our love for photography started on our travels. We wanted to capture images of the areas we travelled to both for our own records and for our family back at home. Some of these images were reproduced as watercolours. Our favourite images we display at home and friends often asked where we had purchased the pictures! Now you can purchase them online directly from us.

Coaching and Consultancy

Previously an IT Manager my skill set has come in very handy as I am both a Health Coach and also offer consultancy for small business starts up and fellow Health Coaches. This has included building websites and online profiles.

Our Family

Family is everything to me! We have a family of four boys where the age difference between the youngest and the eldest is 18 years. Two of our sons are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Emma is a Health Coach who specialises in helping individuals and families achieve their health and wellness goals. Ian runs his own business which began developing a Race Timer for diecast model cars.

http://www.glutenfreedairyfreefamily.com

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